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Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business
by Ethan MorddenAny girl who twists her hat will be fired! – Florenz ZiegfeldAnd no Ziegfeld girl ever did as she made her way down the gala stairways of the Ziegfeld Follies in some of the most astonishing spectacles the American theatergoing public ever witnessed. When Florenz Ziegfeld started in theater, it was flea circus, operetta and sideshow all rolled into one. When he left it, the glamorous world of "show-biz" had been created. Though many know him as the man who "glorified the American girl," his first real star attraction was the bodybuilder Eugen Sandow, who flexed his muscles and thrilled the society matrons who came backstage to squeeze his biceps. His lesson learned with Sandow, Ziegfeld went on to present Anna Held, the naughty French sensation, who became the first Mrs. Ziegfeld. He was one of the first impresarios to mix headliners of different ethnic backgrounds, and literally the earliest proponent of mixed-race casting. The stars he showcased and, in some cases, created have become legends: Billie Burke (who also became his wife), elfin Marilyn Miller, cowboy Will Rogers, Bert Williams, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor and, last but not least, neighborhood diva Fanny Brice. A man of voracious sexual appetites when it came to beautiful women, Ziegfeld knew what he wanted and what others would want as well. From that passion, the Ziegfeld Girl was born. Elaborately bejeweled, they wore little more than a smile as they glided through eye-popping tableaux that were the highlight of the Follies, presented almost every year from 1907 to 1931. Ziegfeld's reputation and power, however, went beyond the stage of the Follies as he produced a number of other musicals, among them the ground-breaking Show Boat. In Ziegfeld: The Man Who Created Show Business, Ethan Mordden recreates the lost world of the Follies, a place of long-vanished beauty masterminded by one of the most inventive, ruthless, street-smart and exacting men ever to fill a theatre on the Great White Way : Florenz Ziegfeld.
Utopia
by Thomas More'It remains astonishingly radical ... one of Utopia's most striking aspects is its contemporaniety' Terry EagletonIn Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller describes the island, a bitter contrast is drawn between this rational society and the practices of Europe. How can the philosopher reform his society? In his discussion, More takes up a question first raised by Plato and which is still a challenge in the contemporary world. In the history of political thought few works have been more influential than Utopia, and few more misunderstood.Translated and introduced by Dominic Baker-Smith
My Wild Family
by Laurent MoreauSometimes there's more to family than meets the eye....Animals of all kinds take center stage in this unique exploration of a very unusual family. An older brother is strong and respected, just like an elephant. A mother is stately and beautiful, but she prefers not to stand out—a tall feat for a giraffe! How are animals like humans, and humans like animals? Readers of all ages will delight in Laurent Moreau's richly rendered, thought-provoking illustrations, and then they will entertain perhaps the most wildly illuminating question of all: What makes you special? Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
Eric Morecambe: Life's Not Hollywood It's Cricklewood
by Gary MorecambeIn this fascinating autobiography Erics son, Gary Morecambe, describes what it’s like to grow up in the presence of one of the best-loved and most fondly remembered of all British comedy greats. Eric and Ernie brought sunshine and laughter to the people of Britain for an amazing 22 years. Includes photos from the Morecambe family archive and unseen extracts from his father’s personal diaries. Frank and outspoken, this book provides a compelling insight into the man behind the laughter, a man who was constantly worried that one day he would be found out, who never lost his love of Long John Silver impressions, and who continued to work until heart disease finally killed him at only 58 years of age.
The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
by Carlos MorenoA fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. This book tells the story of an idea that spread from city to city, describing a new way of looking at living that addresses many of the most intractable challenges of our time. Hundreds of mayors worldwide have already embraced the concept as a way to help recover from the pandemic, and the idea continues to gain speed. You'll learn why more and more cities are planning to make cars far less necessary for contemporary city-dwellers and how they're planning to achieve that goal. You'll also find: Strategies for cities to recover and adapt to benefit residents, saving them precious time Techniques to change the habits of automobile-dependent city residents and maximize social benefits of living in a human-centric city Scientifically developed, research-backed solutions for enduring urban issues and problems Deeply committed to science, progress, and creativity, Moreno presents an essential and timely resource in The 15-Minute City, which will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in modern and innovative approaches to consistently challenging urban issues that have bedeviled policy makers and city residents since the invention of the car.
The 17 Day Plan to Stop Aging
by Mike MorenoFrom the author of the #1 bestselling The 17 Day Diet, the inspiring and easy-to-follow plan for staying young and healthy, based on the same 17 day model that made the diet the bestselling diet book of 2011.Every year, every month, every day, every hour, every minute that you are alive, you are getting older. No matter how old you are, your body is undergoing age-related changes that can lead to less energy, painful joints, droopy skin, unsightly wrinkles, and overall declining health. But what if someone told you that getting older and the physical process of aging don’t have to be so closely entwined? And what if you had the ability to slow down the aging of your body so much that you could actually live to see, and more important, enjoy your 100th birthday or beyond? From feeling pain in your joints to realizing that your memory isn’t what it used to be, our bodies all suffer from wear and tear as we get older. But Dr. Mike Moreno—author of the #1 bestselling sensation The 17 Day Diet—explains that it is totally within your power to prevent and even reverse these symptoms of aging. The 17 Day Plan to Stop Aging is a 4-cycle plan that uses nutrition, physical fitness, and mental exercise to get you ready for longevity. Each cycle focuses on a different set of body parts and offers prescriptive solutions for improving the way those parts function. The plan is set up so that you can target specific areas or work on improving whole-body health at once. From your heart to your lungs, your nervous system to your reproductive system, the book is packed with information about what you can do to start feeling more vital. The 17 Day Plan to Stop Aging puts the power in your hands so you will never have to fear the prospect of old age again. Dare to imagine not just living 100 years, but thriving for all of them. The time to get started is now! *** The 17 Day Plan to Stop Aging is a 4-cycle system designed to help you feel healthier and younger. Whether you want to focus on a specific part of your body or feel rejuvenated from top to bottom, this is your guide to a happier, more vital life! • Cycle 1—Restore: The plan begins with basic anti-aging approaches that will help restore all of your body’s systems to a healthy baseline, stop potential medical problems before they start, and make way for a healthier, happier lifestyle—in 17 days flat. This cycle focuses on your heart, lungs, and brain, which Dr. Moreno considers to be the primary systems worthy of your immediate attention. • Cycle 2—Rebuild: This cycle shows you how to protect your immune, digestive, and musculoskeletal systems. Through simple shifts in diet, unexpected ways to get your body moving, and a healthy dose of common sense, it’s easy to strengthen these secondary systems so they can do their most efficient work for years to come. • Cycle 3—Refine: When your reproductive and urinary systems are performing properly, you are most likely to feel energetic and sexy. Whether you want to avoid unpleasant symptoms like urinary incontinence or your goal is to keep your sex life thriving for years to come, Cycle 3 offers tools that you can easily apply to your life. • Cycle 4—Renew: The strategies you’ll master in the last 17 days of this plan will not only leave you feeling rejuvenated, but they will ensure that you are ready to make the most—in every way—of the long, happy, and healthy life that you’re working toward. The vital elements in this final cycle help you achieve true harmony among your health, environment, and overall lifestyle.
Residential Capitalism: Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023) (ISSN)
by Javier Moreno ZacarésOver the last decade, Spain has become an emblem of the contradictory relationship between capitalism and housing. During the house-price boom of the 2000s, Spain built homes on an unprecedented scale, with output levels that overshadowed those of every major European economy. Nevertheless, when the fortunes of real estate markets turned, a wave of repossessions ensued, and a massive number of households were thrown out into the street as a sizeable portion of the housing stock was lying vacant. In turn, the implosion of Spanish residential capitalism triggered an intense wave of unrest that has come to shape a decade of political turmoil.This book uses the Spanish case to bring to light, and theorise, the workings of residential capitalism. The author traces the evolution of residential provision from the nineteenth century to the present, situating the transformation of the housing market in a context of ongoing social change and conflict. The book shows how the present needs to be understood by looking at the historical process through which residential provision became subsumed under the logic of capitalist accumulation but also at a long genealogy of struggles around urbanisation and housing, the outcomes of which remain crystallised in Spain’s urban institutions. The author reveals how both residential capitalist development and urban social conflict have constituted each another, casting light on the historical relationship between housing crises, urban unrest, and the evolution of real estate markets. The book develops a historicist framework to understand residential capitalism, an important contribution for an age in which real estate markets have come to determine the rhythms of global capital.Addressing key issues and debates in the field, including the financialisation of housing, the politics of scale and urban entrepreneurialism, the political economy of the Eurozone, and the history of capitalist development, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political economy, as well as those engaged in crossover fields such as housing studies, urban geography, or financial geography.
Making Sense of Large Social Media Corpora: Keywords, Topics, Sentiment, and Hashtags in the Coronavirus Twitter Corpus
by Antonio Moreno-OrtizThis open access book offers a comprehensive overview of available techniques and approaches to explore large social media corpora, using as an illustrative case study the Coronavirus Twitter corpus. First, the author describes in detail a number of methods, strategies, and tools that can be used to access, manage, and explore large Twitter/X corpora, including both user-friendly applications and more advanced methods that involve the use of data management skills and custom programming scripts. He goes on to show how these tools and methods are applied to explore one of the largest Twitter datasets on the COVID-19 pandemic publicly released, covering the two years when the pandemic had the strongest impact on society. Specifically, keyword extraction, topic modelling, sentiment analysis, and hashtag analysis methods are described, contrasted, and applied to extract information from the Coronavirus Twitter Corpus. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in fields that make use of big data to address societal and linguistic concerns, including corpus linguistics, sociology, psychology, and economics.
Klinische und psychologische Perspektiven des Foulspiels
by Stephen J. MorewitzDieses Buch untersucht ein breites Spektrum von Faktoren, die Einfluss darauf haben können, wie die Polizei das Fremdverschulden in möglichen Mordfällen und bei anderen möglichen Verbrechen feststellt. Es wird eine neue Theorie der Unsicherheit auf der Mikro-, Meso- und Makroebene entwickelt, um zu erklären, wie Juristen zu dieser Entscheidung gelangen. Insbesondere wird untersucht, inwieweit die Unsicherheit in diesen Situationen durch die Medienberichterstattung, den Druck der Familie und der Gemeinschaft, sozioökonomische Faktoren, demografische Elemente der Opfer sowie das Wissen und die Ressourcen der Polizei beeinflusst werden kann. Dieses Buch beschreibt, wie forensische Fachleute die Strafverfolgungsbehörden in Fragen wie der Inszenierung von Tatorten zur Verschleierung des Vorsatzes, der Einleitung von Gemeinschaftsstrategien zur Suche nach vermissten Personen und der Zuverlässigkeit von Verhaltensprofilen beraten können. Die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Foul Play Project und dem Missing Persons Project werden herangezogen, um die Empfehlungen in diesem Buch zu untermauern und den Weg für weitere Forschungen in diesem Bereich zu weisen.
The Mastermind Quiz Book
by Richard MorgaleMastermind is the ultimate test of knowledge, memory and nerve. Over four decades hundreds have tested their mettle in the famous black chair, and dared to put their intellect under the glare of the Mastermind spotlight. Now, can you rise to the challenge? The Mastermind Quiz Book poses over 3,500 questions, from fiendishly difficult general knowledge teasers to in-depth tests of specialist subjects. With topics ranging from Classical Mythology to Medical Science, by way of Famous Russians and The Works of Johnny Cash, only the finest minds will triumph. Whether you're playing in groups or simply testing your own brainpower, this collection of questions will challenge the very core of your mental strength - but when the clock runs down and the lights come up, will you emerge as the Mastermind?
More And Harder: How The Best Companies Go Farther And Work Harder To Create Knock-your-socks-off Customer Experiences
by MorganA fictional autobiography of Mark - a submissive English sadomasochist. The book draws heavily on the real-life experiences of its author and describes encounters with commandos, legionnaires and veterans, presented as letters to Mark's friends
Beastly Behaviour
by Aishling MorganGenevieve Stukely is working as an erotic dancer in the American west when she learns that her uncle is dead and that she is to inherit the family estate on the borders of Dartmoor. Only when she returns to the mother country does she discover that Sir Robert Stukely did not die simply of old age, but was found with an expression of utmost terror frozen on his features. Nearby were the footprints of a gigantic hound.Now Mistress of Stukely Manor and known to have a colourful past, Genevieve quickly finds herself the centre of attention for half the rakes and ne'erdowells in Devon.Beastly Behaviour follows the Truscott saga into its fifth generation with a tale of bizarre lust and Gothic horror drawn from several historical and literary sources to make it one of the most elaborate erotic novels ever published. Other titles in the Truscott saga include Velvet Skin, The Rake and Purity.
Conceit and Consequence
by Aishling MorganConceit and Consequence follows Lucy Truscott and her three female cousins through a series of romantic entanglements- some more bizarre than others - with spankings and other assorted humiliations inflicted on the girls by the bossy Lucy on the way.Smuggling, swashbuckling and sodomy mix in a plot that's tighter than Mr Darcy's breeches.Part of Aishling Morgan's Truscott saga. Other titles include Purity, The Rake and Beastly Behaviour.
Cream Tease
by Aishling MorganDevon,1939. Recalcitrant RAF officer Alexander Gorringe dreams of a cushy wartime billet. Together with his vindictive and perverted uncle, Reginald Thann, he devises a plan to have just that. Girls in uniform, military discipline and a very bizarre dairy farm feature in the latest story from the author of the Cream series. Titles in this series include Devon Cream and Peaches and Cream.
Cruel Shadow
by Aishling MorganPeter Williams is a sales supremo who lives for the road. Infatuated by the inviting bottom on the cover of an erotic novel, Peter is determined to enjoy a spell with its owner, the lustruos Linnet, and her friends. Peter prides himself on driving a hard bargain, but with Linnet in his car, things get harder than he bargained for. Fry-ups, flagellation, hot tarmac and hotter sex follow as Linnet and her friends take Peter along a series of sexual byways that weren't even on his roadmap before.Part of the Nick Mordaunt series: fantastic fetish erotica featuring occultist Nick Mordaunt. Titles in this series include Natural Desire, Strange Design and Satan's Slut.
Deep Blue
by Aishling MorganStrange things are happening in the sleepy Devon spa town of Tawmouth, where women are having increasingly bizarre dreams. Are they the product of unfulfilled sexual yearnings, or do they herald the return of a fantastical prehistoric deity, as Nich Mordaunt, scholar of erotic pagan ritual, believes?Seaside smut meets the deeply perverse as peeping Toms, craven submissives and dastardly doms all face elemental forces far beyond their own imaginings. The perfect beach read!
Devon Cream
by Aishling MorganThis novel traces the history of the innocent but wilful Octavia Challacombe as she is corrupted by the wicked Maray family. Along with Polly Endicott and a group of other buxom Devon girls, she is cajoled and teased into providing increasingly perverse services for the Squire and his family. Part of the Cream Series. Other titles include Peaches and Cream and Cream Tease.
Most Buxom
by Aishling MorganOne thing rules Daniel's life: voyeurism. A desire far too strong to be denied, despite all the guilt it brings him. He knows the risks and is determined to give up his filthy habits. But when he finds himself as landlord to four voluptuous young female students the opportunities for peeping are far too good to resist. Unfortunately he has bitten off far more than he can chew.Most Buxom should be a delight for all those who enjoy the female body in its full, oppulent glory, while there is also plenty of the sort of kinky sex we have come to expect from Aishling Morgan, and even a splash of male submission. A kinky tale of voyeurism from one of our bestselling authors.
The Old Perversity Shop
by Aishling MorganA shiver passed through her body as she thought of what favours she might offer, and how she could hint at what she desired, yet still feign reluctance and into the most delightfully improper acts. She knew enough to populate her imagination with highly vivid scenes. A man was not strictly necessary, although she wanted one very badly indeed.In a foggy Victorian London, gambler Edward Trent manages to lose all his worldly goods and the right to Nell's virginity to the money lender Daniel Quilty. Charles Truscott rescues Nell from her fate but cannot resist taking advantage of both her innocence and her voluptous body, as does just about everybody she meets as she flees London for Plymouth with Quilty in pursuit.Part of the Truscott Saga series - historical erotica following the depraved adventures of the Truscott family from the eighteenth century onwards. Other titles in this series include Demonic Congress, The Rake, Purity, Velvet Skin, Conceit and Consequence, Beastly Behaviour and Portrait of a Disciplinarian.
Pleasure Toy
by Aishling MorganSet in an alternate world of gothic eroticism, Sex Toy follows the fortunes of the city states of Suza, led by the flagellant but fair Lord Cornus and his Ladyship, the beautiful Tian-Sha. When a slaver, Savarin appears among the pleasure-loving residents of Suza, they soon find that Savarin's kiss is more punishing than they had thought.
Purity
by Aishling MorganTruscott faces the prospect of living on his brother's charity. His efforts to make his fortune lead him along a path of debauchery and perversion, from stripping girls in a brothel to indulging three at once in a Belgravia drawing room. Meanwhile, his wife is pursued by the sadistic d'Aignan.Part of Aishling Morgan's Truscott saga.
Satan's Slut
by Aishling MorganSomeone has been performing the Black Mass in an old, abandoned chapel at Stanton Rocks. The local priest, Tom Pridough, is convinced it was Nick Mordaunt, local high-profile pagan, and his friend, the stunning brunette Juliana. Tired of the churchman's confusion of diabolism with his own nature-worship, Nick too sets out to find out who is responsible, and all three become embroiled in a weird and perverse world of sex-magic beyond their darkest imagination.Part of the Nick Mordaunt series: fantastic fetish erotica featuring occultist Nick Mordaunt. Titles in this series include Natural Desire, Strange Design and Cruel Shadow.
Scarlet Vice
by Aishling MorganBeautiful, voluptuous and supposedly innocent, K'Tai is also too headstrong for her own good. Obliged to flee her village in a hurry in order to avoid the application of a switch to her curvaceous bottom, she finds herself in a far worse situation, at the mercy of lascivious slavers, cruel priests and sadistic nuns, each determined to inflict, ever more severe punishments and indignities upon her.Part of the Scarlet Gothic series. Other titles include Whipping Girl and Sin's Apprentice.
Strip Girl
by Aishling MorganShy, self-conscious Sarah is all too used to attracting male attention because of her ample bust and well-formed bottom, despite never really knowing what to do with it. Offered her dream job as a cartoonist, she is willing to sacrifice a little of her own dignity by drawing cartoons for men's magazines. Unfortunately, the job also means sacrificing every last scrap of propriety for Sarah's heroine, the exquisite Celeste du Musigny, which has unforeseen repercussions, ensuring that Sarah comes to live out every last detail of her darkest and most secret fantasies.